<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">-------------- Call for Papers ----------------------<br><br><br>The 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013) <br>
<br>25-28 June, 2013<br>Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>
Conference Website: <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/" target="_blank">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/</a> <br>
<br>****************************************************************************<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br><br>===============<br><br>- Workshop Proposal: October 10, 2012<br>- Full Paper Submission: December 8, 2012<br>
- Acceptance Notification: February 8, 2013<br>- Graduate Symposium Abstract: March 8, 2013<br>- Camera-Ready Submission: March 15, 2013<br><br><br>ANT-2013 accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on <a href="http://www.Elsevier.com" target="_blank">www.Elsevier.com</a> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedirect.com</a>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com" target="_blank">http://www.scopus.com</a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com" target="_blank">http://www.engineeringvillage.com</a>). This includes EI Compendex (<a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex" target="_blank">http://www.ei.org/compendex</a>). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (<a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/" target="_blank">http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</a>). Selected papers will be invited for publication in special issues of international journals. <br>
<br><br>ANT 2013 will be held in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is located on the far eastern coast of Canada and is approximately a 6-hour flight from London, UK and a 2-hour flight from Toronto, Ontario. Halifax is a vibrant and modern city which is home to multiple academic institutions and where visitors can enjoy a variety of activities and entertainment from whale watching to Jazz festivals to world-class cuisine. Halifax is also home to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which contains the world largest collection of Titanic artifacts. Nova Scotia is a picturesque province with many National and Provincial parks, and as stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, has the highest tides in the world.<br>
<br>ANT-2013 will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT, <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/SEIT-13/" target="_blank">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/SEIT-13/</a>).<br>
<br><br>Conference Tracks:<br><br>=================<br><br>- Agent Systems, Intelligent Computing and Applications<br>- Automatic Networks and Communications<br>- Cloud Computing<br>- Data Management<br>- Emerging Networking, Tracking and Sensing Technologies<br>
- Mobile Networks, Protocols and Applications<br>- Modeling and Simulation in Transportation Sciences<br>- Multimedia and Social Computing<br>- Multimodal Interfaces<br>- Service Oriented Computing for Systems & Applications <br>
- Smart Environments and Applications <br>- Systems Security and Privacy<br>- Systems Software Engineering<br>- Vehicular Networks and Applications<br>- General Track<br><br><br>COMMITTEES<br>=========<br><br>General Chairs<br>
Nick Cercone, York University, Canada<br> Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia <br><br>Program Chairs<br> Karim Djouani, South African Institute of Technology, South Africa<br> Michael Sheng, University of Adelaide, Australia<br>
Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA<br><br>Advisory Committee<br> Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada<br> Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<br> Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK<br>
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy<br> Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada<br> Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany<br> Peter Thomas, Manifesto Research, Australia<br> Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA<br>
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan <br><br>Workshops Chairs<br> Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium<br> Weiwei Fang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China <br><br>Program vice Chairs<br> Reiner Wichert, Fraunhofer-Institut for Computer Graphics IGD, Germany<br>
Senol Erdogan, Maltepe University, Turkey<br> Roberto Di Pietro, Roma Tre University of Rome, Italy<br> Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia<br> Irena Mlynkova, Charles University, Czech Republic<br> Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA<br>
Jiang Li, Howard University, USA<br> Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE<br> Davy Janssens, Hasselt University, Belgium<br><br> Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium<br><br> Tom Bellemans, Hasselt University, Belgium<br>
<br> Keivan Kian-Mehr, University of Western Ontario, Canada<br> Mohsen Afsharchi, University of Zanjan, Iran<br> Mohyuddin, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia <br> Walid Chainbi, University of Sousse, Tunis<br>
Nauman Aslam, Northumbria University, UK <br> Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada <br> Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada <br> Bharat Jayaraman, University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA<br> Jayaraj Poroor, Amrita University, India <br>
Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada<br> Lyes Khoukhi, University of Troy, France<br> Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK <br> Navonil Mustafee, Swansea University, UK <br><br>International Journals Chairs<br>
Jing He, Victoria University, Australia<br> Jian Yu, Swinburne University, Australia<br><br>Local Arrangement Chairs<br> Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada <br> Janet Light, University of New Brunswick, Canada <br>
Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada<br> Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada<br><br>Publicity Chairs<br> Agustinus Waluyo, Monash University, Australia<br> Muhammad Imran, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia <br>
Wael M El-Medany, University of Bahrain, Bahrain<br><br>International Liaison Chairs<br> Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait <br> Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research Center, Germany <br> Adnan Al-Anbuky, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand<br>
<br>Steering Committee<br> Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada<br> Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University<br> Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany <br> David Taniar, Monash University, Australia <br>
Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE<br> Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada <br> Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan<br> Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia<br> Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
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